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Today, 2:55pm

Dusepo started a thread My latest baroque mandolin in Builders and Repair

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Today, 3:38am

Dusepo replied to a thread Douglas fir in Builders and Repair

I've heard douglas fir works well as a soundboard, but is more prone to splitting with humidity and temperature changes. Never used it myself though....

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Apr-18-2021, 3:55pm

Dusepo replied to a thread Unusual rare keroncong cak/cuk in eBay, Craig's List, etc.

d"d", g', b' or D5 D5, G4, B4

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Apr-18-2021, 7:33am

Dusepo replied to a thread Unusual rare keroncong cak/cuk in eBay, Craig's List, etc.

Well spotted! I thought it was just the zero fret had come out of it's slot, but it does look like something else. Close-up from listing:

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Apr-17-2021, 6:58am

Dusepo replied to a thread Unusual rare keroncong cak/cuk in eBay, Craig's List, etc.

Turns out this is the cak with 4 steel strings in 3 courses (in the centre in video), and the cuk is the 3 nylon stringed one (on the right in the...

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Apr-17-2021, 6:51am

Dusepo started a thread Unusual rare keroncong cak/cuk in eBay, Craig's List, etc.

One of the two cavaquinho variants played in keroncong music from Indonesia. I always forget which one is the cak and which one is the cak. Quite...

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Apr-14-2021, 2:19pm

Dusepo replied to a thread Post a picture of what's on your bench? in Builders and Repair

A rounder bodied baroque mandolin coming up to completion soon...

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Apr-14-2021, 7:54am

Dusepo replied to a thread Women Builders in General Mandolin Discussions

Meredith Coloma from Canada definately builds mandos. Erin Patterson from the USA (might have switched to just guitars now). Sandi Harris from the...

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Apr-13-2021, 12:15pm

Dusepo replied to a thread post a video of yourself in Videos, Pictures & Sound Files

I prefer 58.5cm myself, which is what I'm using here, but also build to 60cm if requested. P.S. If you like this, you can listen to (and download...

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Apr-13-2021, 12:13pm

Dusepo replied to a thread Early Medieval Lute GGAAddgg in Orchestral, Classical, Italian, Medieval, Renaissance

All fourths was also a historically used tuning. The oud similarity makes sense since the lute came from the oud.

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Apr-13-2021, 7:49am

Dusepo replied to a thread post a video of yourself in Videos, Pictures & Sound Files

Lama bada

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Apr-13-2021, 7:28am

Dusepo replied to a thread Early Medieval Lute GGAAddgg in Orchestral, Classical, Italian, Medieval, Renaissance

Just noticed this thread! Thanks for your kind words. The second is to have a drone, which works well for medieval repertoire. Personally I prefer...

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Apr-12-2021, 3:44pm

Dusepo replied to a thread Latest build completed today: a renaissance guitar in Builders and Repair

Thanks! The string arrangement is normal for these instruments - Gg cc ee a, like an 8-string ukulele (but pre-dating it by a few centuries). Yes,...

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Apr-12-2021, 2:37pm

Dusepo started a thread Latest build completed today: a renaissance guitar in Builders and Repair

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Apr-07-2021, 12:28pm

Dusepo replied to a thread 'Radiophon' Mandriola, German, triple soundhole with cones? in eBay, Craig's List, etc.

I messaged the seller in German to ask what the thing in the soundholes were and they replied that they were 'like loudspeakers' and the left one was...

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Apr-06-2021, 7:50am

Dusepo replied to a thread This weeks mandolin that won't get a bid or buyer in eBay, Craig's List, etc.

I'm afraid I closed the tab now and can't find it again, but in the listing I found it said in the description "made in 1994". Maybe they just meant...

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Apr-05-2021, 1:09pm

Dusepo replied to a thread This weeks mandolin that won't get a bid or buyer in eBay, Craig's List, etc.

Well I doubt this'll get a bid. It's listed as a Soviet mandolin made in the USSR, but in the description (and on the soundboard itself), it says...

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Apr-03-2021, 1:30pm

Dusepo replied to a thread 1931 Fern in eBay, Craig's List, etc.

Well, I guess that pickguard has served it's purpose if it's preserved the soundboard underneath...

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Apr-03-2021, 9:17am

Dusepo replied to a thread 'Radiophon' Mandriola, German, triple soundhole with cones? in eBay, Craig's List, etc.

There's another one shown here with the same stamp on the soundboard: 'Vogtlands Stolz', but it doesn't have those strange soundhole inserts. ...

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Apr-03-2021, 9:10am

Dusepo replied to a thread Unusual wide-bodied bowlback mandolin, Klaus Röder, Germany, 1977 in eBay, Craig's List, etc.

I presume the wooden 'band' below the bridge is to dampen the unwanted string resonance there?

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Apr-02-2021, 2:37pm

Dusepo started a thread 'Radiophon' Mandriola, German, triple soundhole with cones? in eBay, Craig's List, etc.

Seems like it had something like speaker cones (or something else?) in 2 of the 3 soundholes? Unusual design. ...

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Apr-02-2021, 2:33pm

Dusepo started a thread Mandriola Mandolinetto, German? in eBay, Craig's List, etc.

https://www.ebay.de/itm/Mandriola-Mandoline-Archtop-12-saitig-Vintage/133710425052?hash=item1f21c32bdc:g:USUAAOSwJ3JgYis8

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Apr-02-2021, 2:29pm

Dusepo started a thread Unusual wide-bodied bowlback mandolin, Klaus Röder, Germany, 1977 in eBay, Craig's List, etc.

https://www.ebay.de/itm/Mandoline-Meisterarbeit-Gitarrenbau-Klaus-Roeder-1977-mandolin-Koffer-Breithardt/114079433613?hash=item1a8faa038d:g:WscAAOSwOX...

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Mar-31-2021, 1:53pm

Dusepo replied to a thread Lyre mandriola thing! in eBay, Craig's List, etc.

My thought too. I was going to title this thread calling it a harp-mandriola, as per the listing, but then thought it'd need those open strings to be...

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Mar-31-2021, 7:36am

Dusepo started a thread Lyre mandriola thing! in eBay, Craig's List, etc.

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Very-Rare-Hollow-Arm-Harp-Madriola-or-12-String-Mandolin-68-cm-Long/174712207265?hash=item28ada8b7a1:g:sjcAAOSwlRdgYzYp

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Mar-27-2021, 1:33pm

Dusepo replied to a thread Post a picture of what's on your bench? in Builders and Repair

2 lutes completed this week: A renaissance lute going to Canada and a fretless medieval lute going to Germany. By the way, John Kelly, I am...

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